During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The Nestles haven't run Nestle since 1875.
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Approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the Panama Canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
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Clocks made before 1660 had only one hand - an hour hand.
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Pilgrims did not eat with forks. They only used spoons, knives and their fingers.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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